Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE:CRL) announced this week that its research models and preclinical services, hand in hand with shuffling its executive deck to drive growth.
“As our clients continue to transform their business models, we must evolve with them," chairman, president & CEO James Foster said in prepared remarks. "Unifying these two businesses will improve client access to our extensive in vivo expertise and enable us to provide more flexible solutions to their drug development needs."
Charles River Labs shuffled the deck to focus on two primary regions: North America and Europe/Asia, according to a press release.
The company appointed Nancy Gillett as its first corporate executive VP and chief scientific officer, promoted Davide Molho from his role as head of global research models services to corporate executive VP and president of North America operations, and bumped Jorg Geller up to corporate executive VP and president of European & Asian operations.
“Drs. Gillett, Molho and Geller have strong scientific backgrounds, proven operating expertise and global experience," Foster said. "Together, they are ideally suited to build a more cohesive, integrated business and enhance our worldwide reputation as leaders in in vivo biology.”
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